Invasive alien pests threaten the carbon stored in Europe’s forests
Invasive alien pests can cause large-scale forest mortality and release carbon stored in forests. Here the authors show that climate change increases the potential range of alien pests and that their impact on the carbon cycle could be as severe as the current natural disturbance regime in Europe’s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04096-w |